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74 pages. Articles: Inhuman Nature - defense against summer's pests; Fantasy in Flame - Clarence Cronkite and his colossal fireworks extravaganza; Barry Go Braugh! - the famous "Naked City" Fitzgerald is a modest, unassuming man; Ostriches Aren't So Dumb - a Los Angeles breeder of the big birds reveals their cute habits; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 7) - The Great Coalition - hitherto unrevealed details of co-ordinating the Allied war effort after Pearl Harbor; Scandals in Veterans' Housing (conclusion); The Day it Almost Happened - the Bates family gets a lesson in car-driving safety. Ads include: Anso film; Ipana Tooth Paste; Borden products - with Elsie the Cow; Willys-Overland "Jeep" panel delivery vehicles; 1949 For cars; Great two-page color ad for International Harvester road-building equipment; Vitalis - with Bob Feller; Chesterfield cigarettes (back cover) featuring great illustration of Rosalind Russell. Unmarked with light wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
82 pages. Features: Nice RKO photo ad advertises 'I Remember Mama', 'Tycoon', 'If You Knew Susie' and 'Magic Town'; 1-page ad for Philco entertainment products; Brother Jazz - The Story of Eddie Condon - with color photos; Affair's End (fiction); How to Have Ancestors; They're Still Expendable - article and photos explain how unemployment, small-business failures and layoffs are hitting veterans harder than the rest of the nation; Fever (fiction); He Clicked for 30 Years - Highlights of the career of photographer George William Harris - article with photos; The Five Dresden Angels (fiction); Man Running (fiction); Demon from the Doldrums - Nature's most destructive force is the West Indian hurricane; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for International Harvester Industrial Power features photo of a large diesel crawler in a Florida limestone quarry; Nice 1-page color ad for Ford cars; Nice vintage 1-page color ad for Kraft Cheeses; Western Electric 1-page color ad shows telephone repairman talking housewife and children at front door; Ballantine Ale 1-page color ad; Half-page 2-color ad for Fruehauf Trailers; Pennsylvania Railroad nice 1-page color ad shows comforable scene on-board; Fall Guise - article with six color photos of men's fall college fashions; Nice 1-page DeSoto car ad; A Good Whipping (fiction); Fantastic 1-page 2-color ad for the movie 'Body and Soul' starring John Garfield, Lilli Palmer and Hazel Brooks; Nice 1-page color Budweiser ad displays several illustrated plates; Goldwyn ad features colour photo of Danny Kaye; Rislone and Karbout ad features cute color photo of cigarette girl; 1-page ad for Gillette one-piece razors; Smiling Girl (fiction); Nice color 1-page ad for Hamm's Beer; One-page ad for American Overseas Airlines; Luckky Strike ad on back cover includes nice color illustration entitled 'Bright Tobacco' by Fletcher Martin. Couple of chips from top of front cover. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
70 pages. Features: Color Texaco ad inside front cover; Oakland 8 and Pontiac 6 ad on page 1; Classy color full-page ad for Maxwell House coffee; Mr. Peters makes his Train (short story); Where do we go from here? - an article about veterans and the nation's finances; Beginner's Luck - a short story about golf; What a Pal! (short story); A Way with the Women (short story); Yuan Hee See Laughs - continuation of short story by Sax Rohmer; Ridin' on Rubber - article and great photos of various types of transportation by bus and jitney - very nostalgic!; Gunsight Trail (short story); Through Russia Without a Guide - Lindsay Hoben recounts his 14,00 mile trip through the U.S.S.R. without a guide or supervision; Gorgeous full-page color ad for Life Savers candy; nice color full-page ad for the new Chevrolet six; Babies are Conservative (!) - practical advice for babycare by a lady doctor; April Prowess - predicting who will win the World Series; Nice Oldsmobile ad; The Sleeptalker (short story); Classy full-page ad for Hammond electric clocks; Smooching photo in Pepsodent antiseptic mouth wash ad; Spur Bow bowtie ad; Clicquot Club ginger ale full-page ad; B&O (Baltimore and Ohio) Railroad full-page ad; Bostonians shoe ad; Elgin watch ad; Nice 2-color Pebeco toothpaste ad; nice full-page color Arrow Shirts ad; Iver Johnson bicycle ad; Nice full-page color ad for Waterman's pens; Dixies drinking glass ad inside back cover; Nice Camel cigarette ad on back cover show's man lighting up with a candleabra. Above-average but not excessive external wear and soiling. Covers detached but present. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
42 pages. Features: Cover illustration of President Woodrow Wilson; Nice illustrated ad for the Mitchell Six car inside front cover; One-page illustrated ad for Johns-Manville coal preservation products; Illustrated one-page Fisk Cord Tire ad shows natives carrying crude rubber to a waiting ship; "Over Here" - fiction by E.D. Biggers; The President - a profile of Woodrow Wilson by Richard Washburn Child; A Shipbuilder on the Job - photo-illustrated article on Homer L. Ferguson (with photo of black men hard at work above caption "Don't you dare come and tell us that the black man in the South is an industrial failure!"; Is There a Ukraine? - interesting photo-illustrated article; Editorial "Ships and the Submarine"; Photos of inventor William T. Donnelly and his 'buoyancy boxes' which were installed in ships to keep them buoyant even if torpedoed; Tremendous Trifles - photos of simple yet vital items needed to support the war effort; The Adventures of Colin O'Rell (Third Adventure - The Interrupted Tea); God Gave Them Youth (fiction); From Baseball to Boches (Fourth Inning); Ferry's Seeds ad; Classy half-page ad for Kahn Tailoring of Indianapolis; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Waltham watches; Dr. Eugene T. Hurd of Seattle - photo-illustrated article on this military surgeon; Nicely-illustrated quarter-page ad for Colt handguns appears to show WWI officer displaying pistol to Civil War veterans; Article on the French town of Bruay and wartime activities there, by Pierre Hamp; Interesting quarter-page ad for The Pullman Company includes photos of "The Men Who Serve You" - they are all black; Back cover two-color ad for the Victor (Victors and Victrolas) Company features illustration of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind (Johanna Maria Lind); and more. Above-average external wear with coverfold mostly open. Binding intact. Bits of writing on front cover. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent WWI issue. Book
MAIN032350INo place: No publisher. Stapled wraps VG. No date. Trade pbk. paperback. 4to . about 200 pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Info in book would indicate about 2008. Biographical sketches of local vets mostly WWI and WWII. . No publisher paperback
200250903Washington DC: GPO 2002. good. 59 wraps. Serial No. 107-114. The modern battleground can be a toxic and biological minefield. In far-flung deployments indigenous diseases parasites and environmental exposures pose unique health threats. Fighting and surviving in battle space contaminated by chemical and biological weapons demand medical countermeasures and treatment capabilities beyond those needed to deal with bullets and bombs. The military services apear to have different approaches to health surveillance training of medical personnel and treatment protocols. GPO paperback
1977237149San Francisco: VVAW 1977. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides very good Calls for a demonstration on inauguration day as Carter is sworn in demanding universal unconditional amnesty. VVAW unknown books
19077540New Orleans 1907. 16mo. 20 pp. <br><br>Detailed account of the organization's activities during the year 1907. Camp Beauregard No. 130 U. S. C. V. was organized 24 October 1898 at Memorial Hall New Orleans Louisiana. With a portrait of P. G. T. Beauregard on the front cover. Stapled in original printed wrappers. Pamphlet creased from lengthwise folding. Wrappers lightly soiled back wrapper with short tear to top edge front wrapper pressure-stamped by the New-Jersey Historical Society. unknown books
1978237174Oakland: VVAW 1978. 8.5x14 inch handbill printed both sides horizontal crease. Announcement for a conference including an agenda. VVAW unknown books
0656456205.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1333928440.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0656093021.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1258497182.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2000Q-0970167806BMC Publications 2000-11-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! BMC Publications paperback
20111-0309162475National Academies Press 2011. Paperback. New. 141 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. National Academies Press paperback
1974V4059Frankfurt (Suhrkamp) 1974 (= edition suhrkamp 719, Erste Ausgabe). 8°, Originalbroschur, 186 S.,
368 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Presents brief biographies and pictures (if available) of Canadian military veterans from British Columbia and the Yukon. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1332252672.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0332871045.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1946181871New York: American Veterans Committee 1946. 14 issues of the tabloid-format newspaper published by the left-wing veterans' group; spans the period before and after the AVC's expulsion of communists in 1948. Issues present are vol. 1 no. 17; vol. 2 nos. 5 6 and 8; vol. 5 nos. 1 4-7 12; vol. 6 nos. 3 4 11; and vol. 7 no. 7. Coverage includes much on AVC internal news as well as calls for aid to homeless vets McCarthy impeachment opposition to segregation and more. A failed attempt to merge with Amvets another veterans' organization left a bad taste in both sides' mouths and the later issues contain polemics against Amvets including allegations that it segregated veterans into different posts by race. American Veterans Committee unknown books
1823210271Delaware County PA 1823. unbound. 2 pages front and back 9.75 x 8 inches Delaware County Pennsylvania May 13 1823 -- a militia directive sent to Major Samuel Anderson responding to his letter of resignation withdrawing himself from command to which he was elected by the unanimous votes of the officers and men comprising the Delaware County Militia. In small part: ".It would have given us much pleasure could your private arrangements have admitted you to remain with us.we trust that.the prospects you have formed for yourself may be realized in the fullest intent." Minor folds and several tiny creases; otherwise very good condition.<br/><br/> The document is signed by the following four veterans who fought gallantly in the War of 1812: Dr. Joseph Wilson Founder in 1812 of the Delaware County Troops; George Hawkins Commander of the Delaware County Blues; Henry Myers Captain Delaware County Volunteers; John Crosby Commanding Regiment Artillery. Samuel Anderson 1774-1850 was a Naval surgeon recommended by Benjamin Rush and subsequently appointed by President John Adams a surgeon's mate in the U.S. Navy in 1799.<br/><br/> unknown books
1823210271Delaware County PA 1823. unbound. 2 pages front and back 9.75 x 8 inches Delaware County Pennsylvania May 13 1823 -- a militia directive sent to Major Samuel Anderson responding to his letter of resignation withdrawing himself from command to which he was elected by the unanimous votes of the officers and men comprising the Delaware County Militia. In small part: ".It would have given us much pleasure could your private arrangements have admitted you to remain with us.we trust that.the prospects you have formed for yourself may be realized in the fullest intent." Minor folds and several tiny creases; otherwise very good condition.<br/> <br/> The document is signed by the following four veterans who fought gallantly in the War of 1812: Dr. Joseph Wilson Founder in 1812 of the Delaware County Troops; George Hawkins Commander of the Delaware County Blues; Henry Myers Captain Delaware County Volunteers; John Crosby Commanding Regiment Artillery. Samuel Anderson 1774-1850 was a Naval surgeon recommended by Benjamin Rush and subsequently appointed by President John Adams a surgeon's mate in the U.S. Navy in 1799.<br/> <br/> unknown
20131132875Scheidegger + Spiess, 2013. 373 S.; Illustr.; 23 cm; kart.
20129075Mechanicsburg: Stackpole 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Quarto 327 pp. Hardcover. In publisher's dust jacket. Stackpole hardcover books
201283210Mechanicsburg: Stackpole 2012-13. 1st editions. As New. small quarto. dust jackets viii 326 v 330pp. b/w plates text ills. maps & plans appends. ÔThe German 3rd Panzer Division was established in 1935 under the command of Generalleutnant Ernst Fessmann. It later participated in the 1939 invasion of Poland the 1940 invasion of France and the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. On the Eastern Front it participated in the 1942 drive on the Caucasus and participated in the Battle of Kursk as part of the 48th Panzer Corps fighting alongside the 11th Panzer division the 167th Infantry division and the elite Panzergrenadier division Grossdeutschland. During the battle the 3rd Panzer was used to achieve the initial breakthrough and inflicted heavy damage to the Soviet forces. It was then used to protect the flanks of the 48th Panzer Corps. After the Soviet counter-attack at Kursk in which the 3rd Panzer division tried unsuccessfully to defend Kharkov it retreated as the Germans were driven back westward. This is a fully illustrated account of the German 3rd Panzer Division in World War II from 1943 through the end of the warÕ Stackpole unknown
